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Lady Laura
@wonderlandrey.bsky.social
On a hill in South Wales. Artist, etc.
Merry Sunday @cerysmatthews.bsky.social
Big thanks to all the amazing art teachers out there, especially Steve White who gave me my art school place in Swansea🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿…Two pieces of my MA work are currently in this lovely exhibition about Under Milk Wood
www.queenstreetgalleryneath.co.uk/under-milk-w...
October 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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My w’shops are on zoom & are open to anyone.
I’m a scientist obsessed with how creative activity improves mental health & I’ve taught classes on BBC Countryfile & at the V & A.
We’ll make & photograph small museums & there’s an hr long talk about how this alters brain biochemistry for the better...
September 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Birdlines
September 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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When we look at plants (like the ones in my photo) for a few seconds (though I recommend 10 or 15 s), we recover from stress we experience afterwards around 60% more quickly than if we had not looked at plants (ref in next post).

May garden posy, to help with any stress that may be about to happen:
May 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Freshly minted teen in the house, making that a houseful of teenagers, making birthday cakes and scones with @cerysmatthews.bsky.social soundtracking our Sunday (and, if you look closely, you might see the recipe)
May 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Thankyou SO much for your help RTing my workshops
I have 3 you can sign up for atm:
🌿botanical illustration
🪶bird illustration &
🐚small museums
In all 3 I teach you how creative activity's a neuroscientific hack for anxiety & you'll get a discounts on stationery & my Etsy:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk
April 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Reading in the garden, drinking tea, listening to @cerysmatthews.bsky.social #Sunday
April 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Happy belated #Caturday
April 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Don’t shame people for not immediately reading all the books they buy. Some books aren’t made to be ready right away, okay? Some books need time to mature. Some books need to cure for a while. Some books are prosciutto, and don’t you forget it.
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#Abstract #print in the acceptable kind of #orange
April 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
April 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Babs says ‘Happy #Caturday hairless cats and treat bringers’
April 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Happy Caturday!
Juju suggested this poster for her photo 🐾✊ #HandsOff #FuckTrump #Caturday
April 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Happy Caturday 🐾🤍
April 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Oh hey! @chrishawkinsdj.bsky.social long time no hear! Lovely to have you on in the afternoon, listening to you whilst eating noodles in my kitchen #BigFun (capitalised hashtag there especially for Charlotte)
April 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Word of the day is ‘hingum-tringum’: 19th-century Scots for feeling feeble or barely presentable, and just about hanging together.
March 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
February 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social morning! Lovely morning sat in bed listening, thinking what to cook and eat this week, on a hill in beautifully wet and windy south wales ☕️🥘🌧️
February 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Actually it has worked excellently all it ever was, was a lie to reduce the taxes for the richest, and now they pay next to nothing.

To say it was a disaster is to believe they ever had an intention for anything else.

This is exactly what they wanted.
February 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Sunday in Swansea, @cerysmatthews.bsky.social on the radio, tea and toast in the garden
January 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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This evening, 8pm
UK time in my Etsy shop silverpebble(www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...). Limited numbers of antique bottles (& kits). Designed to trigger dopamine release & dial 👇🏼 cortisol in your brain. Each kit will also contain hand-illustrated winter nature guide.👇🏼🌿
I'll be listing about 40 Victorian ink bottle tiny posy kits on Etsy tmrw at 8pm UK time.
Each bottle's 120-150 yrs old, handmade & is a small piece of social history.
The booklet explains how even brief creative projects alleviate anxiety & lift mood & each kit incl. a tiny bouquet of dried flowers
January 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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This sounds all too familiar - the income (or lack of) and the idea that writing isn't proper work. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin
The average income for a writer is now £7,000. For our sake and the country’s, we need financial assistance
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Can I give my pot plants wine?
January 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
@chrishawkinsdj.bsky.social we kitchen disco’d with home cooked curries for a house of 17, midnighted to the Hootenanny & waited up for teenagers to return in the small hours 🥳 today I’m still in PJs, trying to work up the enthusiasm to make lunch and had cake for breakfast. Strong start to 2025 🌟
January 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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space fireworks to celebrate the new year 🎆
January 1, 2025 at 5:34 AM